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In this year’s 2022, the second decade from the turn of the century in Beijing the Capital of China also the People’s Republic of China, in which is also the year of the Tiger, marking its six hundred and two years anniversary of the Forbidden city that marks the transitional point of in between the middle of the Ming Dynasty (1368- 1644) transitionally from Nanjing to Beijing towards the Qing Dynasty (1636-1644-1911) …. The Imperial Palace seen so many countless seasonally transitional equinoxes but further its six hundred years is iconic, but it’s five hundred ninety nine years it marks it Autumn Equinox…. In which it only took twelve years to build the same of the Daming Palace of The Tang Dynasty Xian Imperial Capital only it was least twenty times larger…

On the 4th April 2022 the Summer Palace in Beijing – China – People’s Republic of China in which is April 玉渊潭公园  Yuyuantan Park  Jade Deep Lake Park in which s one of major urban parks in the city of Beijing. This park covers a territory of about 137 hectares, 61 of which are covered by water. Yuyuantan is the largest water body in the park, and it literally means the Jade Deep Pond. The park is located between the western segment of Third Ring Road and the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse. The China Millennium Monument is located just to the south of the park, and the Chinese Navy Hospital is to the north of the Park. Central Radio & TV Tower can be viewed in the park.

Yuyuantan has a long history. During Liao Dynasty (907 – 1125) and Jurchen Jin Dynasty (1115 – 1234), Beijing was the secondary capital city of those two dynasties, and the area of current Yuyuantan was a notable attraction outside of the city at that time. However, there was no lake back in those days. At that time, the place of current Yuyuantan Park was just a low land.

The Yuyuantan Lake was first created during Qing Dynasty when Qianlong Emperor was the ruler. In the year of 1773, springs from Fragrant Hills were introduced into the low land and impounded to be a lake. Beside the lake, Qianlong Emperor built an imperial palace for short stays. In later half of Qing Dynasty, however, the palace was gradually abandoned, and the lake also almost dried up.

In 1960, Beijing government introduced water from Yongding River into the lake and made it revived. Yuyuantan became an urban park of Beijing. In 1990s, the rest parts of the park were built, and the sakura was widely planted in the park. Now, Yuyuantan Park becomes a well-known place to hold sakura festival in China.

Summer Palace’s spring beauty has become a painting Spring is here, the peach blossoms of the Summer Palace are in full bloom, among the lakes and mountains, the blossoming peach blossoms bloom on the ten-mile lake embankment, and the gleaming water presents a style of Jiangnan water town, Beijing 大女

Yuyuantan’s spring color is rolling among the cherry trees In March, the cherry blossoms in Yuyuantan bloom as scheduled, and the romantic cherry blossoms are like clouds and clouds, like a sea of ​​pink flowers, which is fascinating…..

Imagines credits are of the Forbidden city –Imperial Palace –Beijing – China- People’s Republic of China also from the Series Weibo北京卫视上新了故宫 Treasures